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Species at Risk Act

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APPENDIX 1: SPECIES ADDED TO THE LIST OF WILDLIFE SPECIES AT RISK (SCHEDULE 1) OF SARA IN 2006 AND 2007.

List of species added in 2006:
Commun Name	Taxonomy	SARA Status	Competent Minister
White Flower Moth	Arthropods	Endangered	Environment Canada
Ottoe Skipper	Arthropods	Endangered	Environment Canada
Williamson’s Sapsucker	Birds	Endangered	Environment Canada
White Sturgeon - Kootenay River population	Fishes	Endangered	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
White Sturgeon - Nechako River population	Fishes	Endangered	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
White Sturgeon- Upper Columbia River population	Fishes	Endangered	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
White Sturgeon - Upper Fraser River population	Fishes	Endangered	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
Northern Bottlenose Whale	Mammals (marine)	Endangered	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
North Atlantic Right Whale	Mammals (marine)	Endangered	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
Rusty Cord-moss	Mosses	Endangered	Environment Canada
Blanding’s Turtle - Nova Scotia population	Reptiles	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
American Chestnut	Vascular plants	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Dense Spike-primrose	Vascular plants	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Dense-flowered Lupine	Vascular plants	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
White Meconella	Vascular plants	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Grand Coulee Owl-clover	Vascular plants	Endangered	Environment Canada
Branched Phacelia	Vascular plants	Endangered	Environment Canada
Spalding’s Campion	Vascular plants	Endangered	Environment Canada
Ancient Murrelet	Birds	Special Concern	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Green Sturgeon	Fishes	Special Concern	Department of Fisheries & Oceans and Parks Canada Agency
Grass Pickerel	Fishes	Special Concern	Department of Fisheries & Oceans and Parks Canada Agency
Frosted Glass-whiskers	Lichens	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Fin Whale – Atlantic population	Mammals (marine)	Special Concern	Department of Fisheries & Oceans and Parks Canada Agency
Banded Cord-moss	Mosses	Special Concern	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Pygmy Pocket-moss	Mosses	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Western Yellow-bellied racer	Reptiles	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Hill’s Pondweed	Vascular plants	Special Concern	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Swamp Rose-mallow	Vascular plants	Special Concern	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Houghton’s Goldenrod	Vascular plants	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Prototype Quillwort	Vascular plants	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Blanding’s Turtle – Great Lakes. St-Lawrence population	Reptiles	Threatened	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Channel Darter	Fishes	Threatened	Department of Fisheries & Oceans and Parks Canada Agency
“Eastslope” Sculpin – St Mary and Milk River population	Fishes	Threatened	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
Fin Whale – Pacific population	Mammals (marine)	Threatened	Department of Fisheries & Oceans and Parks Canada Agency
Alkaline Wing-nerved Moss	Mosses	Threatened	Environment Canada
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer	Reptiles	Threatened	Environment Canada Parks Canada Agency
False Rue-anemone	Vascular plants	Threatened	Environment Canada
Macoun’s Meadowfoam	Vascular plants	Threatened	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Hill’s Thistle	Vascular plants	Threatened	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Dwarf Lake Iris	Vascular plants	Threatened	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Showy Phlox	Vascular plants	Threatened	Environment Canada
Baikal Sedge	Vascular plants	Threatened	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Cliff Paintbrush	Vascular plants	Threatened	Environment Canada
Lemon’s Holly Fern	Vascular plants	Threatened	Environment Canada

List of species added in 2007:
Commun Name	Taxonomy	SARA Status	Competent Minister
Ord's Kangaroo Rat	Mammals	Endangered	Environment Canada
Pacific Water Shrew³	Mammals	Endangered	Environment Canada
Vesper Sparrow affinis subspecies	Birds	Endangered	Environment Canada
Copper Redhorse	Fish	Endangered	Department of Fisheries & Oceans and Parks Canada Agency
Shortnose Cisco	Fish	Endangered	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
Western Painted Turtle - Pacific Coast population	Reptiles	Endangered	Environment Canada
Aweme Borer	Arthropods	Endangered	Environment Canada
Eastern Persius Duskywing	Arthropods	Endangered	Environment Canada
Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth	Arthropods	Endangered	Environment Canada
Gold-edged Gem	Arthropods	Endangered	Environment Canada
Half-moon Hairstreak	Arthropods	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Non-pollinating Yucca Moth	Arthropods	Endangered	Environment Canada
Blue-grey Taildropper Slug	Molluscs	Endangered	Environment Canada
American Columbo	Plants	Endangered	Environment Canada
Brook Spike-primrose	Plants	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Cherry Birch	Plants	Endangered	Environment Canada
Coast Microseris	Plants	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Contorted-pod Evening-primrose	Plants	Endangered	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Dwarf Woolly-heads - Southern Mountain population	Plants	Endangered	Environment Canada
Rough Agalinis	Plants	Endangered	Environment Canada
Short-rayed Alkali Aster	Plants	Endangered	Environment Canada
Golden-winged Warbler	Birds	Threatened	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Northern Saw-whet Owl brooksi subspecies	Birds	Threatened	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Bolander's Quillwort	Plants	Threatened	Parks Canada Agency
Green-scaled Willow	Plants	Threatened	Environment Canada
Smooth Goosefoot	Plants	Threatened	Environment Canada
Bowhead Whale - Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea population	Mammals	Special Concern	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
Nuttall's Cottontail nuttallii subspecies	Mammals	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Louisiana Waterthrush	Birds	Special Concern	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
McCown’s Longspur	Birds	Special Concern	Environment Canada and Parks Canada Agency
Deepwater Sculpin - Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population	Fish	Special Concern	Department of Fisheries & Oceans
River Redhorse	Fish	Special Concern	Department of Fisheries & Oceans and Parks Canada Agency
Upper Great Lakes Kiyi	Fish	Special Concern	Department of Fisheries & Oceans and Parks Canada Agency
Western Painted Turtle - Intermountain-Rocky Mountain population	Reptiles	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Sonora Skipper	Arthropods	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Dwarf Woolly-heads - Prairie population	Plants	Special Concern	Environment Canada
Cryptic Paw	Lichens	Special Concern	Environment Canada

³ Reclassified from Threatened to Endangered

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